Jokowi Conveys Happy Commemoration Of Good Friday To Christians

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo congratulated Christians on Good Friday, via Instagram social media.

"Congratulations on commemorating Good Friday to all Christians," said Jokowi as uploaded on Instagram @jokowi's social media quoted by ANTARA, Friday, March 29.

The President hopes that Christians can always absorb the big meaning of Good Friday.

"Hopefully it can always absorb the great meaning of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and make the values of sincere love, infinite forgiveness, as well as peace that calms the soul, as an inspiration for life together as an Indonesian nation," said Jokowi.

In uploads on the Instagram social media account @jokowi, illustrations of Christians are also included who are praying for the background of rice fields and hills.

On Friday, Christians celebrate the Tri Holy Day of Easter. As many as 500 congregations attended the procession of the Way of the Cross of Good Friday at the celebration of the Tri Holy Day Easter at the Jakarta Cathedral Church.

Public Relations Officer (Humas) of the Archdiocese of Jakarta and the Cathedral Church of Susyana Suwadie stated that the Cathedral Church entered worship called Good Friday, one of which included an reflection procession, namely the story of the suffering of Christ's death or called the Way of the Creative Cross.